AQJ987 void
6 AKQJ105. You are vulnerable. So
what do you open? A variety of opening bids emerged , but this hand is so
powerful in playing strength I decided to open 2
the game force (23+pts hand). Depending on your style the next bid was either
2 (the negative) or 2.
I showed my suit by bidding 2. Partner
then bid 3 a suit bid. My next bid
was 4 showing a powerful hand and
a suit (it is NOT asking for aces).
Partner responded 4. I then bid 4NT
Blackwood, and partner showed 1 ace, so not knowing which ace the hand was
signed off in 6. which duly made,
losing just the A

Partners hand was
K63 AJ963
953 72. Not all pairs reached the
slam and one pair played in 5. Those
using cue bids would have avoided playing in an unmakeable grand slam as we
did.

A week later a very similar type of hand
came up at Hatfield Heath. Both sides non-vulnerable

9 AQJ86
4 AKQ943

This hand is not so powerful as the previous
hand, but there are a variety of opening bids

By good chance this hand was treated
as a 5-5 hand (the text books say open your longest suit , but this was ignored)
so partner opened 1 aiming to bid
the longer suit later. Partner's
bid was overcalled 2 and I raised
s to 3.
Partner then bid 4 again a second
suit, which was over called 5, and
partner bid 5 which became the contract

My hand was Q10743
K954
6 1087 and 11 tricks made easily once
the J fell.

About half the field played in 5,
some undoubled even, going 2 off (a good result at pairs), but a sacrifice
in 6 would be too expensive if doubled.

You should attempt to win the contract
with these highly distributional hands